This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 261 The dragon lies crouching, the tiger lies prone!

On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Cheng was on standby after finishing his night shift!

I could finally get a good night's sleep while preparing for my shift!
I woke up and started processing information from my research group.

Mu Nanshu took leave, and Professor Chen Song and Professor Tong Yuan'an went to the units where their clinical research projects were being carried out, only sending a master's student to do odd jobs.

Tong Yuan'an's vascular suturing technique doesn't require any animal models, and the model building for the nerve suturing technique is simpler than that for the liver and spleen. So all that's needed is to contact Lu Cheng.

……

After processing the information.

When Lu Cheng drove out and saw Xie Yuan'an and Dai Linfang, he clearly noticed that when he saw Dai Linfang again, even the "carefree" Xie Yuan'an had put on cautious "equipment" and was no longer so poised and generous.

Dai Linfang had booked a tea room at the farmhouse in advance. Zhang Xibei and Ni Xiexin were listening to Dai Linfang's "narration of the arrangements," while Xie Yuan'an sat respectfully to the side, his face serious and attentive.

With Mu Nanshu absent, Ni Xiexin is the person with the highest overall ability and level, but at this moment, Ni Xiexin is also unusually reserved!

"Dr. Dai, what did you do during the Spring Festival? I feel like you didn't get any rest at all," Ni Xiexin asked politely.

Dai Linfang said, "I went home before the Lunar New Year and came back a little earlier after the holiday. After reviewing some data from the research group, I tried to make several animal models. The progress is going well so far."

"Dr. Dai, are you working overtime?" Ni Xiexin asked.

Dai Linfang said, "I joined the group relatively late, so I still have to work harder to catch up with the research group's progress."

"Actually, before you came, Brother Lu and I had discussed these rabbit models in detail. We both thought they were okay, but we still need you and Zhang Xibei to confirm them on-site before we can officially announce them."

"We're all just newcomers to this field. So, in the final quality assessment, it's up to you to decide."

Zhang Xibei had been silent while reviewing the "case data" recorded by Dai Linfang. He had just finished the last page, slowly closed the notebook, and said in a hoarse voice, "Old classmate, the model that the two of us couldn't come up with has indeed been perfected."

Upon hearing this, Ni Xiexin nervously rubbed his eyebrows: "Is it all done? The model of liver damage is also ready?"

“Yes!” Zhang Xibei nodded. He was in the business of building animal models, so he was very sure of this.

"I told you, I'm just a freeloader." Zhang Xibei said with a very honest and simple tone, as if he was afraid that Lu Cheng would say he was going to kick him out.

In fact, Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu were very polite and sincere, personally going to Shaanxi Province to invite him in person.

Zhang Xibei initially refused, but later agreed to join the group, thinking he could be of great help.

After being in the group for a long time, a lot of money had been wasted, but there had been no substantial progress. He had hoped to ask his old classmate Ni Xiexin for help so that Zhang Xibei could secure his position in the research group.

Unexpectedly, before Ni Xiexin even arrived, Lu Cheng temporarily set aside his "brain" label and personally intervened, also hindering the construction of the animal testing model...

"Brother Lu, I'm so sorry."

"I'll pack my things in a while. I'd better not waste any more money." Zhang Xibei felt he couldn't stay any longer.

Lu Cheng hurriedly said, "Brother Zhang, what's all this about? Weren't we discussing whether these models would work?"

"We are a team, and we should help each other."

After hearing this, Dai Linfang quickly added, "Brother Zhang, if that's the case, then we can all go home and wash up. Brother Lu can handle the whole game by himself."

After listening, Ni Xiexin and Xie Yuan'an both looked at Lu Cheng.

Dai Linfang continued, "That's right. These things were originally something I wanted to do in the research group, a starting point to showcase my personal abilities to everyone."

"The result was that I successfully demonstrated to Brother Lu that I wasn't very capable."

"Zhang Xibei, you've been too narrow in your approach to exploring Brother Lu's potential."

Xie Yuan'an was extremely surprised: "These animal models were made by Lu Cheng?"

"The first one is Brother Lu, and the second one is me," Dai Linfang concluded after nodding.
"Brother Lu is the one who comes up with ideas and leads the team!"

"We're just here to help out."

"There's nothing wrong with helping out! Brother Lu is just trying to meet the deadline for his research project."

Dai Linfang's words had two meanings: first, to stabilize Lu Cheng's position as the head of the research group; and second, to elevate his status.

Once Lu Cheng produced the first batch, he was able to replicate the second and third batches.

At this point, Professor Chen Song's master's student, Liao Hanwen, also arrived. After pushing open the door and entering the private room, he politely greeted everyone as "brother" and "sister," and then sat down properly.

Even so, Ni Xiexin still found it unbelievable: "Lu Cheng, is what Dai Linfang said true?"

"Can our research group now really replicate a rabbit model of liver damage?"

Lu Cheng glanced at Dai Linfang and nodded slightly: "Yes, but the model I made was a bit lacking. It died the day after it was built."

"The group that is still alive and the group that is collecting data were all operated by Dai Linfang."

"I only provided the ideas."

Although Lu Cheng really wanted to suppress Dai Linfang's personal abilities by adding skill points, he couldn't do so for the time being due to the limited skill points available.

Dai Linfang's basic skills are incredibly strong, and his learning ability is also truly remarkable.

Lu Cheng even speculated that if Dai Linfang hadn't been involved in such a wide range of technologies, and instead specialized in one area, his current operational level would be comparable to that of senior associate professors like Professor Chen Song.

Dai Linfang is only thirty-one years old, just one year older than Lu Cheng. He has reached his current level of skill through natural growth.

"Technical skills can be learned and improved gradually, but the way of thinking is the most valuable."

"The most crucial factors in conducting research are the agility of thought, the ability to combine, assemble, learn from, and extend existing technologies."

"So what I mean is that in the future we should give Lu Ge Teng more time to think. We can take care of things like repeating ideas and making them concrete."

"Dr. Ni, what do you think?"

Ni Xiexin said, "Then Zhang Xibei and I are just pure tools, aren't we?"

Dai Linfang's reply was equally scathing: "It's not easy to be a meaningful tool."

"I'm just a tool too."

Ni Xiexin didn't say anything more, and Zhang Xibei dared not speak at all.

Zhang Xibei conducted animal experiments for more than a month, spending hundreds of thousands of yuan, but only produced a few models. He was truly ashamed to speak.

If we really want to argue, Zhang Xibei feels that his progress is quite fast when compared horizontally.

Where can you quickly and cheaply create animal models?
"Brother Dai, let's not talk about these things anymore. Today is the first time the team has gathered since the New Year. We should talk about something happy."

"We haven't even started work yet, what are you talking about?"

“We’re not going to be workaholics like you, dragging me to work overtime even on vacation.”

After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he said, "Zhang Xibei, don't worry about him, let's eat our own food."

Although Lu Cheng tried to improve the atmosphere, the atmosphere was still a bit awkward during the meal.

Not everyone is used to lying flat and expecting to reap a lot without putting in any effort.

People are only truly happy when they achieve self-actualization and feel incredibly accomplished. But that's someone else's inner thought, and it's not something Lu Cheng can control with just a few words.

And this atmosphere is all thanks to Dai Linfang.

……

No alcohol was consumed during the meal. After the meal, everyone politely said goodbye and went their separate ways.

Dai Linfang walked with Liao Hanwen, a student of Professor Chen Song, Lu Cheng and Zhang Xibei were in the same group, and Ni Xiexin walked with Xie Yuan'an.

In the car.

Xie Yuan'an, who hadn't said much at the dinner table, clicked her tongue and said, "Xiao Ni, were you also stunned just now?"

Xie Yuan'an actually loves to talk and gossip, but knowing Dai Linfang's true identity makes her more reserved.

Moreover, Dai Linfang's notification to everyone was truly shocking.

Ni Xiexin nodded aggrievedly: "Sister Xie, during my vacation, I also talked with Zhang Xibei about the progress of the experiment. We think that if we can make a preliminary model of liver damage in March or April, we will have completed our KPI."

"That's quick, isn't it?"

"But who would have thought that we were just on vacation, and Lu Cheng would bypass us and build the model himself?"

"Why is this happening?" Ni Xiexin was starting to question the meaning of life.

Lu Cheng may be very good at developing suture techniques, and she may also be very good at other research projects, but surely you can't crush her to pieces in her area of ​​expertise?

"In order to stabilize unstable molecules."

"That Dai Linfang is an unstable element." Xie Yuan'an could only offer his own superficial guess.

Ni Xiexin still felt wronged: "Just to keep him in check, does that mean I and Zhang Xibei have to be dealt with as well?"

"Then what use are we?"

Ni Xiexin finally got to the point, and Xie Yuan'an replied, "Help? Do something."

"Little Ni, isn't it good to have a strong person guiding you?"

Unfortunately, Ni Xiexin isn't one to "lie flat": "It didn't feel that good."

"Then you'll have to get used to it. I figured it out a long time ago. There are always people better than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding."

Xie Yuan'an was smart for once: "Ni Xiexin, you don't want Lu to keep hiding his abilities in the research group and pretending to be incompetent just to take care of your feelings, right?"

"If that's the case, wouldn't you feel even worse after knowing the truth?"

"Conversely, if Lu Cheng didn't do that, your acceptance of it also helped advance the research team's progress?"

Although Xie Yuan'an's thinking was unconventional, it wasn't entirely without reason.

But Ni Xiexin herself knows that she and Xie Yuanan have different mindsets. If possible, Ni Xiexin really doesn't want to be a freeloader.

“I’ll go ask Sister Mu…” Ni Xiexin took out her phone and started editing the message.

……

"Teacher Dai, is Lu Cheng really that strong?" Liao Hanwen sat in the passenger seat of Dai Linfang's car and asked Dai Linfang politely.

Liao Hanwen was not familiar with Dai Linfang. His only knowledge of Dai Linfang was that he was a senior doctoral student at Xiangya Hospital, who was many years his senior.

Such a senior brother should be full of vigor and ambition in Liao Hanwen's mind, but today Dai Linfang seems to be playing a supporting role, just to set off Lu Cheng.

"Huh? Why would you ask that? Hasn't your teacher given you the answer yet?" Dai Linfang was quite surprised.

Liao Hanwen is just a junior master's student, and he is only standing on the outside of the hall of medical research: "My master said that the development of animal testing and clinical techniques are two different topics."

"People who are good at clinical practice are not necessarily good at building animal models, and people who are good at building animal models are not necessarily good at clinical practice."

"Because the two have different operational purposes, animal model construction is to simulate clinical diseases to cause effective harm, while the purpose of clinical treatment is to achieve effective treatment."

Dai Linfang chuckled and said, "Do you think Lu Chengqiang's strength lies in his personal abilities?"

"When it comes to individual skills, there are at least four figures in the country who are better than him."

"Then why was it Lu Cheng who developed so many new suturing techniques, and not someone else?"

Liao Hanwen's eyes flickered: "Brother Dai, you know?"

Dai Linfang: "Do you think with your hands or your brain?"

"Brain," Liao Hanwen replied.

Dai Linfang said, "That settles it. Does being clumsy necessarily mean you can't do well on a test?"

Does writing slowly necessarily mean someone can't write a good article?

At this point, Dai Linfang said somewhat ashamedly, "Actually, I was also unconvinced. Speaking of which?"

"We all have one head, so who can easily submit to whom?"

"But everyone has moments when they are beaten into submission!"

Liao Hanwen then asked, "Teacher Dai, what if we don't encounter them?"

Dai Linfang chuckled: "Didn't you meet him? Just because you didn't meet him doesn't mean you're the best in the world!"

"Haven't met him yet."

Liao Hanwen's eyes began to glaze over...

The best in the world was beaten into submission.

These realms are still far, far away from him; he is currently just a master's student who hasn't even secured a doctoral degree yet.
"Is Professor Lu Cheng that kind of person?"

"Not now. He still has a lot to learn and accumulate, but he has the potential."

"However, medicine is not like mathematics. Mathematics does not bury geniuses, but medicine can."

"But in my understanding, Lu Cheng's integration capabilities are currently at least in the top five, and this is only temporary."

"The others are already big shots who have achieved great success."

Liao Hanwen asked, "Who are they? Brother Dai? You've met them all before?"

"You think too highly of me. I know you, so you think you can get to know me?" Dai Linfang said before driving off seriously.

Dai Linfang always knew that a team needs a brain, and he always thought that he should be that brain, or at least be half a brain.

Unfortunately, Dai Linfang failed.

Moreover, Dai Linfang felt that many people in this research group still had problems with their psychological resilience and needed more practice.

Collaboration within a research group means working together, not simply about personal relationships.

(End of this chapter)